Device for cooking cotton-seed or linseed meats.



y c. H. FULsoN. I "DEVICE POR COOKING COTTON SEED OR LINSBED MEATS.

APPLIUATION FILED N OV. 22, 1911.

` Patentea 0011,15, 1912.

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' APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22., 1911.. y 1,041,455., Patented Oct. 15,1912.

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CHARLES HIRAM FULSON, EMEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T JOHNWARNER TGDJD, OF NEW" ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

DEVICE FDR OKING COTTON-SEED OR LINSEED MEATS.

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pplcationfled'lovember 22, 1911. Serial No. 651,653.

To aZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HIRAM FULsoN, a citizenof the United States,and

a resident of Memphis in the county of.

' device having a series of retainers, each provided with a movablecover, which may be held in close contact with the charge to be V'cookedand w'hich may be moved automati- A'cally by the pressureof the chargeitself, or

manually.

A further object of my invention is to provide means for transferringthe charge from one receptacle to another while maintaining the moisturein the charge.

A further object of my invention is to increase the yield of oil withoutdetracting from the quality of the product; v

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification,and the novel features of the device will be particularly pointed out inthe appended claims.

My invention-.is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming partof this application, in which similar reference characters indicate likeparts in the views, and in which,

Figure 1 is a central vertical section through the device, certain partsbeing .shown in elevation for the sake of clearness;

Fig. 2 is a plan view; and Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the" outletfrom one receptacle to another.

In carrying out myinvention l provide a series "of receptacles lsuch asthose shown at A, B, Q', D, and NE, these receptacles be- `ing ofaicylindrical shape and preferably steam jacketed as shown in thedrawings.`

The receptacle A is'L mounted upon a support 1,- .the receptacle B beingmounted on a similar support 2 and extending underneath the vedge o fthe receptacle A. Similarly the receptacles-C, D and E are mounted onlthe respective supports 3, 4 and 5,

each succeeding receptacle being on a lower level. The receptacle i isprovided with an outlet opening 6 which, as shown in Fig. 3, maybecovered by a slidable gate 7. lhe latter is carriedby a bracket 9 whichis secured to the outside of the receptacle. A lever 10 is pivotallysecured vat 1l to the gate 8 and also to a portion 12 of the bracket,one end of the lever being connected to a link 13 which is secured to arock arm 14 on a rock shaft 15. Zhen the latter is rocked it will beapparent that the-gate 8 will be moved sc as'to open and close theopening 6. Each of the receptacles-P, C and'D has a similar device.

V Referring now to Fig.' 1, it will be seen that I provide a commondrive rshaft 16 having a bevel gear 17 arranged to mesh with a gear 18on a shaft 19 which runs through the bottoni of receptacle A. Se-I curedto the shaft 19 is a hub 20 having resisting arms 21 which serve as.lstirrers. The shaft 19 is also provided with ahub 22 which is looselymounted on the shaft and to which is secured a top or cover 23. Securedto the upper part of the hub is a yoke 211 through which the upper endof the shaft 19 extends. A spiral spring surrounds theshaftl9, bearingat one end upon the upper part of the yoke and at the lower end upon acollary 26.

The means for charging the first receptacle A comprises a screw conveyer27 which discharges upon a feed member 28. The latter is rocked so as todischarge periodically, by means of the link 29 which is attached to arock arm 30 on the rock shaft 15. .The cover 23 has an opening, and aflexible conduit 3l extends from this opening to the feed member 28,this construction permitting the charging of the receptacle A whileretaining the vapors of the charge within the receptacle. It will benoticed that similar flexible conduits 32 are provided which extend fromthe exit opening, such as that shown at 6, of 'one receptacle throughthe top or cover of the succeeding receptacle.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device theoperation thereof may be readily understood. lt is very desirable toretain the moisture in the cooking meat since this aids in increasingthe -yield of oil, but where'additional moisture is made use of, byadding water other than that in the meat itself, the yield of oil is ofLos a lower grade, and furthermore the product requiresV more drying outbefore charging the oil press. I have found that if the cover of thecooking vessel is laced close to the surface of the charge an means isused to retain the moisture of the charge, such moisture is sulcient toaccomplish a good yield of oil without the necessity of resort-ing to anadditional supply of water. The charge .is carried by the conveyer 27and delivered to the feeding device 28 which is operated by means of therock shaft 15 to feed the charge continuously: into 4the firstreceptacle A` where't may be cooked. The purpose of the spring 25 is tocounterbalance the cover 23 so t-hat the latter may be moved toward andfrom the bottom of the receptacle. The rotating shaft 19 will carryaround the stirrers 21 but the cover will not be rotated.

The moisture cannot escape and since there- -a portion of the contentsofthe receiver A into the receptacle B. Here the charge undergoes afurther cooking, the top 23 remaining in close contactI automatically.Thus the charge is passed from one receptacle to another until nally itis delivered to the feed member 33 below the last receptacle E fromwhence it may be conveyed to the oil ress.

It wi l be apparent that the .provision of the yielding tops will permita greater or a y less charge in any of the receptacles while the top isin cont-act with the charge. In the ordinary form of cooker having ahinged top, lthere is necessarily a space between the coverA and the topof the charge into which the moisture of the meat escapes, therebytaking from the charge the very moisture which is essential to a largeyield of oil. With my device this cannot occur. If it is desirable atany time to adjust the tension of the top or to manually raise the coverfrom the charge, it ma be done by movingthe collar 26 upwardly on theshaft 19. r)Chus the cover may be adjusted manually as well asautomatically.

I claim 1. In a device for cooking cottonseed or linseed meats, areceptacle, a movable cover therefor, means for charging saidreceptacle. and means for stirring the charge, said cover being movedaway from 0r toward the bott-he cover in the adjacent receptacle, and

spring means for suspending each of said covers in contact with' thecharge in the receptacle.

3. In a device for cooking cottonseed or linseed meats, a receptacle, acover movable toward or away from the bottom of said receptacle, astirring device within said receptacle, means. for feeding a charge intothe receptacle, an outlet from said receptacle, and means for preventingthe escape -of moisture from said receptacle.

4. In a device for cooking cottonseed and linseed meats, adreceptacle, acover therefor movable toward or away from the bottom of the receptacle,said cover bein provided 'with an inlet opening near one 'e ge thereof,

the bottompf the receptacle being provided with an outletopening on theopposite side of the receptacle from the inletopening, a series ofrotary stirrin arms, disposed within said receptacle, an a shaft forrotating said stirring arms, said shaft passing throu h the cpver. l Y

5. n a. device for cooking cottonseed and linseed meats, a receptacle, acover therefor movable towardpr away from the bottoni of the receptacle,said cover being provided with an inlet opening near one edge thereof,the bottom of the receptacle being provided with an outlet opening onthe opposite'side series of rotary stirring arms disposed Within saidreceptacle, a shaft for rotating said stirring arms, said shaft passingthrough the cover, a hub for said shaft connected to said cover, a yokecarried by the hub, an ad]ust able collar carried by the shaft, and aspring disposed about said shaft and bearing at one end on said yoke andat the other end on said collar.

CHARLES HIRAM FULSON. Witnesses JOHN DALE, D. D. HEIBERGH.

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